1. TFJ3C
St Paul High School

2. What Defines a Celebrity Chef?
Someone who is known publicly for their appearances on television and through out various media
Shows
Websites
Magazines

3. How Do They Achieve Fame?
Often achieve status via their own restaurants initially
Increase level of fame by
Endorsements
Expansion of restaurants
Cook Books & Magazines

4. Why Are They Successful?
Innovation: pioneers
Notoriety: infamous
Visibility: high profile
Likeability: easy to relate to

5. When Did It All Begin? Advent of television: Julia Child
Immigration, exposure to “exotic” foods
Availability of unusual ingredients in supermarkets, curiousity
When people began to see food as entertainment
Diners, Dives and Drive-Ins

6. What Has Happened as a Result?
Creation of “Foodies”
“Food-Porn”
Explosion of variety and quality of ingredients
Reality TV, based on food
More people enrolling in hospitality at the post secondary level
Glamourization of being a chef
Blogging
Pinterest

7. What Has Happened as a Result?
More people enrolling in hospitality at the post secondary level
Glamourization of being a chef
Blogging
Pinterest